Colonel Sanders had, like, really bushy hair.
He was really cute and really tiny.
He was rescued along with his mother, Mary Poppins.
The people that rescued him couldn't keep him.
They just did it 'cause they felt bad.
I was told that Mary Poppins
was leaving to go to another rescue.
But when I heard he needed a home,
I was like, "Oh, heck yes."
Definitely a loner, at first.
He was new to the farm animals.
I don't think he really knew what to do with them.
He was very timid, not very personable.
You can tell that he missed his Mom.
Colonel was with us for a week
before I had received the phone call
that Mary was never picked up from a rescue.
Obviously, it hurt my heart.
Everything happens for a reason.
She was meant to be with Colonel.
Seven days may not seem like a long time
for a mother and son to be separated,
but whenever I saw their reunion,
I definitely kind of changed my thought on that.
When we first got here,
she had no idea what was in store for her.
Let's go see your son.
Let's go be reunited.
Come on. Come on, you can do it.
Colonel, go to your Momma.
Look! Look who's over here.
[bray] Look who it is!
It's your son! Look.
Do you see him yet? Come on, Momma.
He's right here. Come on. Come on, sweetheart.
He started, like, pacing back and forth.
He wanted to get to her as soon as possible.
It was almost like she was screaming for him,
you know, like happy tears.
I definitely got emotional.
It was really, really cool to see that.
That's my finger.
Since the reunion, Mary and Colonel
have moved to a much bigger pasture.
So they have more room to run and graze and whatnot.
They have two friends, Clara Belle and Fernando,
which are alpacas,
and they get along really well with them.
Colonel and Mary are with each other 24/7.
They each have their own feed bucket,
but they insist on eating out of the same one.
They are never more than 15 feet away from each other.
and never out of sight.
Colonel's kind of like the annoying kid,
and Mary's -- you know, she'll play and stuff,
and put up with them, but
you know she loves it at the end of the day.
Since Mary's been back in Colonel's life,
his personality has definitely changed.
He's no longer, like, that
down-and-out, Eeyore type of donkey.
He's very, very, mischievous,
super-curious, has quite the personality.
Putting forth all the effort
of getting Mary and Colonel back together again
was definitely worth it.
Animals definitely, 100 percent, with no doubt,
feel emotions, go through the same emotions as humans,
go through a healing process just like us.
What's in store for Colonel and Mary
is to live the best life they can here.
They're a part of our sanctuary, so they're never going anywhere.